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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:12:6508

Preserved specimen of Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, 1915 | Bull Ant recorded on 1984-08-13
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:12:6508
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Identified by Lowery, B.B.  
Individual count 4
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 1984-08-13
Supplied as year:1984.0  month:8.0  day:13.0 
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Myrmecia desertorum
Identified to rank species
Common name Bull Ant
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Myrmecia
Species Myrmecia desertorum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Wheeler, 1915
Supplied as Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Exmouth Gulf
Latitude -22.08333
Supplied as: "-22.08333"
Longitude 114.25
Supplied as: "114.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Pilbarra (nearshore)
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF EXMOUTH